Robberies, Larcenies, and Burglaries have been part of people's lives since the beginning of our existence. Many have used robberies as a way to support their families, but others choose it as a career. When becoming a career criminal danger will follow and is comes with a good sign for law enforcement especially new techniques are developed or new kinds of robberies. As well as including the difference between robbery, larceny, and burglary. Robberies, Larcenies, and Burglaries are never expected and can also finish in serious harm for the victim or the perpetrator. With these crimes comes many challenges for both the victims and law enforcement because of how quick everything can happen. ROBBERIES Robberies are taking anything of value by force. There are four different types of robberies. First, residential robberies, now with technology the emergency alarm are working as a deterrence for …show more content…
According to the penal law of New York State Section 140.00, burglary within premises “includes the term "building," as defined herein, and any real property.” but as well the penal law defines building as “includes any structure, vehicle or watercraft used for overnight lodging of persons, or used by persons for carrying on business therein, or used as an elementary or secondary school, or an enclosed motor truck, or an enclosed motor truck trailer.” According to the FBI date, in 2010 an estimate of 2,159, 878 burglaries occurred but decreased 2.0 percent. Within all the burglaries, 60 percent of them involve forcible entry, 33.2 percent were unlawful entries (without force), and the remainder (6.3 percent) were forcible entry attempts. With these estimates, the victims lost a value of $4.6 billion overall but individual burglaries lost a value of $2,119. A burglary can be a misdemeanor or a felony depending on the amount or object taken. A burglary can be an element of a crime like rape, kidnapping, or identity
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After careful analysis of the robbery involving our client, Rob burr, it is likely that a court will hold that Burr’s actions did not constitute an armed robbery. The relevant facts of the incident provide that the object Burr held during the robbery would not likely be considered an offensive weapon under Section 26-1902 of the Armed Robbery statute, therefore not constituting an armed robbery. The type of object used by Burr in the robbery and the manner in which he used it, both support the view that it was not an offensive weapon. Additionally, Mr. Shopkeeper, while afraid and shaken by the experience, was not injured at all by Burr or the object he held during the robbery. The various facts of the case, along with
Under common law some many years ago, burglary was the breaking and entering of a dwelling during the night for the purposes of committing a felony or a larceny (Bernasco and Luykx 2003). Under common law, there were a couple reasons for this specific definition of burglary. First, as Bernasco put it, breaking is the act of creating an opening by disabling any part of the dwelling meant to serve as a prevention tool against intrusion. Secondly, nighttime was an important element of burglary by common law standards; law-makers viewed people as unable to protect themselves during the middle of the night. Under common law, it was not enough to merely enter a dwelling, the act of breaking had to exist; if the entry occurs through an unlocked door, then burgl...
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There was a decline in crime during the 1990s. Our country enjoyed seven years of declining crime for the period 1991-98, the most recent data available. During this period crime declined by 22% and violent crime by 25%. These are welcome developments, particularly following the surge of crime and violence of the late 1980s. This decline occurred during a time when the national prison population has increased substantially, rising from 789,60 in 1991 to 1,252,830, a 59% rise in just seven years and a 47% increase in the rate of incarceration, taking into account changes in the national population (Mauer 21-24).
In the 21st century, crimes have been and remains as one of the post-major threats towards
The Uniform Crime Report, which was developed in the 1930s, is commonly used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a record of crimes committed all across the United States. These crimes, which fall under two categories, Part I and Part II offenses, are reported by local police to the Federal Bureau of Investigation each year. Part I offenses are considered to be the more serious of crimes recognized by society. Such examples of this are homicide, forcible rape, robbery, arson, motor vehicle theft, etc. Part II offenses are those that are considered less serious, such as fraud, simple assault, drug abuse, gambling, stolen property, embezzlement, etc. Part I crimes can also be subdivided into what are known as violent crimes and property crimes. (Barkan, 2012). However, there are both some positive and negative aspects of this type of crime measurement. The following paper will explore the small amount of pros and numerous cons associated with the Uniform Crime Report.
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Valuables taken during a burglary can be replaced easily, but someone’s identity and livelihood cannot be given back. Most white collar criminals only seem to get a slap on the wrist, or maybe even probation. Someone that burglarizes or robs someone can get five to thirty years depending on whether a weapon was involved.... ... middle of paper ... ... Henning, P. (2013, February 25).
Situational crime prevention in some crimes is more successful than that of developmental. Situational Crime prevention takes an approach that the victim is responsible for implementing measures to protect themselves whilst developmental needs programs to be undergone by the offender. The two prevention strategies will be discussed in relation to burglary.
Property Crime can be defined as the unauthorized taking or damaging of an individual’s personal belongings. This is not limited to robbery of any kind, fraud, or even arson, but all of these crimes have several coinciding traits that group them under this term. While property crimes are meant to take something that is not ours and use it for our own advantage, violent crimes are used to harm or even kill another rather than using for ones self. This includes hate crimes, murder, rape, and abuse. Hate Crimes are unique because they usually target someone who’s different than the race or sex of that individual committing the offense whereas murder and assault are not always gender or race defined. Therefore, property and violent crimes are influenced by social inequalities that are caused by gender, race, income and age; thus why the legal definition of crime cannot cover all possible scenarios without taking each individual case and studying social behaviors in these of why or what was the cause of the crime committed.
The communities, in which we live, work and raise our children demand the safest environment possible. A common approach to crime fighting is to respond after the event and incarcerate the offender. The results of this approach have been increasingly burdensome on law enforcement, th...
In today’s society there is a high fear of crime by society. Society actions show that there is anxiety and fear about crime. Therefore, anxiety and fear about crime has placid our cities and communities. Society express fear of being victimized by crimes, criminal activities, and behaviors. Therefore, according to, (Crime, 1999) states that “ the level of fear that a person holds depends on many factors, including but, not limited to: “ gender, age, any past experiences with crime that a person may have, where one lives, and one’s ethnicity.” All of those factors have a huge impact on one’s fear level.
We are all affected by crime, whether we are a direct victim, a family member or a friend of a victim. It can interfere with your daily life, your personal sense of safety and your ability to trust others.
The U.S. Department of Labor (2011) reported the national average of unemployment for 2008 was 5.8 percent. The rate dramatically increased in 2009 with an average of 9.3 percent and 9.6 percent for 2010. While unemployment rates have increased, the FBI’s preliminary reports for 2010 show that law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have reported a decrease of 6.2 percent in the number of violent crimes for the first 6 months of 2010 when compared to figures reported for the same time in 2009. The violent crime category includes rape, murder, robbery, and aggravated result. The number of property crimes also decreased 2.8 percent when compared to the same time last year. Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. Arson decreased 14.6 percent when compared to the same time periods of 2009 (FBI, 2011).